Kari Page named 2017 Distinguished Alumni of the Year

The Wenatchee Valley College Alumni Association is proud to announce that the 2017
WVC Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to Kari Page, a 1991 graduate. Page
will be recognized at the June 11 Apple Sox baseball game, where she will throw the
opening pitch.

Page is being honored for her exemplary community service, outstanding career achievements
and dedicated involvement with the WVC Alumni Association.

Page was born and raised in Wenatchee by parents well known and respected in the community–Kerry
and Linda Page, owners/operators of Kerry’s Body Shop on Wenatchee Ave. She is the
youngest and only girl of five children, all of whom still live in the Wenatchee area.

While a student at WVC, Page made the Dean’s List, was a member of the choir, as well
as an active participant in athletics. She served on the Knights Football Sports Medicine
Team and enjoyed supporting her many friends who were football players and cheerleaders.

Page’s achievements and interests range from being an accomplished musician (violinist,
vocalist and pianist) to a champion competitive swimmer of 30 years including a four-year
winning streak as a triathlete. She has served on numerous volunteer boards, including
10 years as chartering president of Zonta International Club of Bellingham as well
as executive adviser of RSSI, a veteran-owned security solutions organization specializing
in risk management, security, surveillance, investigations and crisis management.
Page also served on the board of Mt. Baker Chapter of the Society for Human Resources
Management (SHRM) and currently is president of Apple Valley Human Resources Association,
an affiliate of SHRM.

Page’s career spans 26 years. She landed an operations management role overseeing
60 employees while attending Western Washington University full-time. In 1994, the
Monday after graduation from WWU, she hit the ground running as the human resources
generalist of CH2M Hill. She then took a role as an HR generalist for Whatcom County.
Page has worked diligently to build her career path with zeal, dedication and intentionality.
She successfully transitioned into a senior management capacity as Healthy Pet’s HR
director at the age of 32. She returned to the Wenatchee Valley at the end of 2015
to begin her new role as the director of human resources for the City of Wenatchee.